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Alec Baldwin to star in new movie "The Forbidden City"
Hollywood star Alec Baldwin is expected to star
in a film jointly produced by China, the United States and Britain
called "The Forbidden City", with shooting to begin in
May.
Meilin Media (Beijing) Ltd., who own 20 percent of the rights,
Pieter Kroonenburg Productions Inc., and the Britain-based Studio
Eight Productions Ltd. have invested 12 million U.S. dollars in
the film, Meilin vice manager Han Lei told Xinhua Tuesday.
The film is adapted by Don Ethan Miller, one of America's most
powerful and eloquent instructors of Tai Chi Chuan, from "The
Last Mandarin," a U.S. novel written by Stephen Becker and
Stephen D. Becker. The film follows the story of a Sino-U.S. joint
action to arrest a Japanese war criminal after World War II and
a consequent scramble for treasure.
The film will be directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, a Russian theatre
and film director renowned internationally for "Uncle Vanya"
(1970) from the play by Chekhov, Sibiriade (1979), a dramatic and
realistic story of the lives of the people of Siberia, and "Runaway
Train" (1985).
Baldwin, a versatile Oscar-nominated actor is adept in both comedy
and dramatic roles, with appearances in high profile movies such
as "Working Girl" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
and "The Cooler" (2003).
The entire cast, however, has not been decided, Han said.
The film, which will be shot in China and produced outside the
country, is scheduled to be released worldwide in 2007, Han said,
adding that the Meilin Media is in charge of its distribution in
Asia.
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